AFRO-MEXICANS FILM & LECTURE

Join us for AFRO-MEXICANS FILM & LECTURE

Date: JAN. 25, 2025

Time: 11 AM - 1PM

Location: [CARVER LIBRARY 3350 E. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX

Come and celebrate the rich Afro-Mexican culture through a thought-provoking short film screening (16 minutes), and an engaging lecture. Learn about the vibrant history, complicated relations, and contributions of the Afro-Mexican community.

Dream Week 2025's theme "We Are Neighbor" ties in perfectly with this program event. "The Afro Mexpats” a short documentary film by ‘Blaxican’ Filmmaker, EBONY MARIE BAILEY documents the experiences of expat Black Women who moved to Mexico over the years. Our guest speaker: BARBARA COLUMBUS, a locally based Cultural Anthropologist dives deeper into a discussion on the identy, activism, ethnic solidarity and cultural perservation aspects of these two salient ethnic groups.

Host or Publisher San Antonio Black International Film Festival, (SABIFF)